Known for its global exposure, networking opportunities, and access to the latest industry knowledge, ICFF connects design professionals, architects, interior designers, and design enthusiasts with 450+ global exhibitors of the best-in-class contemporary furniture, accessories, lighting, textiles, emerging design, and more.
The 2024 edition will include more spaces to explore, lounge, network, and converse. New this year includes Bespoke: The Art of Making, presented with AD PRO, a space that will celebrate the skill and expertise of high-end artisans; The Library in partnership with Phaidon which will host activations for the new release Designed for Life: The World’s Best Product Designers and a curated library; OFS x ROOM which will launch a podcast with the leading voices in global design discussing the ideas reshaping how we live and work recorded live from the show floor; and dedicated areas for complementary products such as Materials, Outdoor Living, and Kitchen & Bath, featuring The Water Studio x Grohe Lounge.
WANTED, formerly WantedDesign Manhattan, has quickly become the destination for discovering new talent around the world and the place to engage with a diverse professional network and initiate new collaborations. This year, WANTED will continue to support the next generation of design professionals through their continued programs: Look Book, Launch Pad, the Schools Showcase, the Design Schools Workshop, and the WANTED Lounge x Lumens.
At the heart of the fair, the newest iteration of The Crossroads exhibition will focus on sustainability. In a collaboration between ICFF, David Rockwell, Rockwell Group, and curator Pei-Ru Keh, this edition will spotlight the way designers seek to preserve long-honored craft traditions, together with how they push the boundaries of circularity to consciously re-think the legitimacy of material use. The Crossroads is sponsored by Lead Partners Designtex and Skram; Partner Loose Parts, and Supporting Partners Alexis & Ginger, Colony, Liora Manné, Office of Tangible Space, and Okaterra. There are also contributions from Elodie Blanchard, MushLume Lighting, Lichen, Like Minded Objects, Kamilla Csegzi, Madeline Isakson, and thehighkey.
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